Monday, 1 August 2011

Meat Whiplash - Don't Slip Up. Creation Records 7". CRE 20.

Another one from my good friend, Richard, and a record I was surprised to find he owned. Meat Whiplash were one of the second wave of bands signed to Creation following the massive success of their twelth single release, Upside Down by Jesus & Marychain. The single seems to be, deliberately or not, an attempt by Creation to follow up on the success of the Marychain debut by releasing something that sounds not a million miles away from the Beach Boys and feedback template the Reid Brothers had patented. I saw this band just the once, on Sunday, 20 October 1985, supporting Primal Scream and The Weather Prophets at The Clarendon Ballroom in London. The singer was wearing flared leather trousers. At the time it felt very much like a full stop for that scene. The single is, despite my witterings, pretty good. Enjoy.

In comparison to the skinny-fit leather troosers Bobby Gillespie sported, and alongside the leather jeans favoured by Peter Astor, these could only be considered leather flares. The only thing worse would have been leather bowie pants, and I'm pretty sure I've seen them at one point or another over the years.

Call Me Kenneth.

I'm a sexy guy who is not afraid to dance. The intention of this blog is to provide MP3 access to mainly unavailable audio material recorded directly from well-played and well-loved (in the most part) vinyl, alongside scans of the covers and all available inserts. You know. How it was meant to be heard. Not all farted about with years later by Those Who Fear The Holy Crackle. When I run out of records I delete the blog. The recordings are all made from records I bought myself. No profit is made from this blog.
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